you can see what a mass qif area is covered by circulation of the storm. waves of heavy rainfall, snow is falling in west virginia and western virginia. as this storm continues to encounter colder air, it will produce more snow over a wider path. let's take a look at the track of the storm at 7:00 this evening. it will take a sharp north turn into northern new eveninglandland. it's going to affect a large area with power outages and perhaps more, we'll keep following the storm for you and i'll have more j nuft a -- just a few minutes.. >> we'll take you live to new york city to see how things are looking there.

>> other top story, world championin giants just landed at sfo. sky 7 is live over the airport here, i'm trying to take a look at who is first out of the plane. it's tough. there are shaddiy figures there. gmen still celebrating after sweeping tigers last night. >> we have live team coverage of the giants. carolyn tileler isive at the ballpark. >> let's begin with heather live at sfo. >> yeah. the team and families and staff making their way off charter united 747 charter that landed just about 10 minutes ago. they're being greeted by

airport employees, the only people will be allowed up this close to the aircraft. and it is a little bit tough to identify players. oh, getting off we think we see the panda, big home run hitter, important pointer and madison balmgartner coming off now. they've got about seven buses here waiting to rans f transport everybody back to the ballpark. the plane taxied in, they were given that water salute. can you see the people getting off the plane now? >> yes. we just had a shot of peter mcgowan, soaking up this

second championship. so he's no longer running the team. this is will clark stepping down. he's been helping out and a lot of the people you can see are relatives or work for the team. the blue hat, white lettering, he is the pitching coast so masterful in getting these guys straightened out. they had tim lcuincem. and barry zito finished two important games of hiseer in a league championship series, then opening with he a world series victory. everybody dressed in their orange, festive, getting ready for what is going to be a fantastic parade on wednesday. >> now, they're going to be leaving the airport, getting on buses and heading over to

at and t park. that is where carolyn tyler continues now. >> i've been trying to inform the crowd of what larry and heather are saying so they know the team is still at the airport. fans have been waiting, some of them five and six deep waiting here to see the world champs. many of them told us history is sweeter this time around. some brought memorabilia, they're hoping players will sign. one man says he's waiting here. he says midnight he'll welcome the team back home. >> i'm still in a dream. i'm thinking this is a dream. one big dream. come true. >> i just felt everything was in place and meant to be. it was our year.

the way pitches are being made and the way walls are rolling along the line. it was meant for us. it was our destiny to win. >> you keep hearing how the guys have love for each other. it's bn lot of fun to share. >> that guy got a tattoo on his right leg when giants won in 2010. now, he plans a matching one. these are what you call die hard fans. the team has said they have much love for fans as well. they credit the home game advantage in the first two games with propelling them to victory. again, back here live, the crowd many have been waiting for several hours. they're and

chanting go, giants. they're still waiting for the team now on the way from the whenhey here, we will come back live. >> thank you. we want to take you back out now live to sfo. you can see where players and family are going to be heading our way. >> did you say if they win, that is just a rumor, these buses will be taking the group, what a ride that is going to be. >> think about how much partying they've done in 24 hours. >> yes. of what a ride. who would have thought, i was telling someone my 9-year-old son thinks this is normal. this is what a team does. >> think about it. if you look at what happened with buster posey he didn't spend the entire season with

the giants. they win win the championship. this year he's back playing full season. they win again. it's just pretty normal. i play, we win. they've got three or four buses there. if you take a look at highlights, they're pumped up for final out. what i was struck with, romo having talked with him, he's so humble. such modest upbringing. he said do you know what? i'm just happy to be along for the ride. >> yes. >> this is so pivotal in suck tes ses this season. >> it's just been phenomenal. you talk about how humble romo and this team seems to have that attitude. don't think -- they? it seems like there is something special going on with this group of men.

>> there is no one super star. it's everybody working together. interesting part is that season was all about torture, but this season, it's about individual redemption for guys like barry zito. we continue to track the storm. pablo sandoval was benched in the world series in 2010. now, he's mvp. you can go position by position z player by player. almost everyone of them had a come bac posey and ankle injury. that he had to come back from with the pandy. there is continuing urgency with the weight. >> he looks just fine. >> you can see the championship trophy on the

left. larry bear is hustling onto the bus right now. >> that is so much fun. >> do you remember last time they had the trophy set up? there are lines for people that wanted to take their christmas pictures with the championship trophy it had a tour of its own. >> there is where you can see the scene from last night with larry bayer and there is bud selig, the commissioner giving l keep tracking giants and their tour through the city. >> as soon as they make it close. we'll take you back to at and t park. right now to our continuing coverage of hurricane sandy. >> the national guard is on the move to help.

88 left today from moffett field they're head together east coast after the storm pushes through. that unit is pushing up two planes with choppers and water boats it will deploy from charlotte, north carolina. thousands of flights have been cancelled because of hurricane sandy, that is stranding travelers here in the bay area. >> david louie joins us live from san francisco international airport with more, david? >> the question is closing down those airports... the word cancelled appeared all over the boards, some airlines set up areas just to handle paengss. dr. evans and the family saw their flight cancelled yesterday. he has cancer patients scheduled for chemotherapy. >> only way to figure out how to get home before waens was to fly to st. louis through denver with a three-hour layover, then drive to

massachusetts. 22 hours. >> that is a nightmare. >> it's a mess, a mess. i just hope we're safe, driving. >> this passenger flying from l.a. to newark, new jersey. she ended up in san francisco. >> this is my first time flying so... i feel like flying is horrible. i don't want to do it again. >> the sheer volume of cancellations meant some couldn't reach the airlines by phone. >> i stayed on the phone 20 minutes. nobody answered. then you're on hold. >> if you want up to the date cancellations just go to abc 7 news.com. >> we'll have continuing coverage the rest of the evening. abc news extreme weather team will have live team coverage

at 5:30, then, there will be a special one hour edition of night line beginning at 11:35. >> let's go to spencer christian with latest on our weather. >> here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. severely reduced visibility. mainly sunny skies inland, you can see fog that will be redeveloping and expanding during overnight hours. it's mild now. temperatures mainly into upper 70s to 81 degrees right fwhi. got upper 60s to near 70s around the bay. up to 10 miles in most locations which is normalment a quarter mile at half moon bay. this is our first forecast. coastal fog becoming dense in north bay valleys overnight. by afternoon tomorrow, we

expect sunny skies, mild conditions, and highs tomorrow from about 60 or 62 on the coast. upper 70s inland. but what about halloween? i'll have the forecast coming up. >> thank you. >> we have more live coverage of hurricane sandy straight ahead including a dramatic rescue on the high seas. coast guard saves a dozen people after their shich sinks. >> watch how a school is honoring christopher stevens. >> at 4:13 monday afternoon, a first check of traffic. this is a live view of downtown. it's usual slow crawl moving left to right. we'll have that for everybody heading down towards the peninsula. stay with us. abc 7 news at 4:00 will be back in just a moment.

sandy danger is still very real. take a look at this rescue. it's 14 crew members from a ship saved in the atlantic, they are still looking for the

ship's captain. as well as a member of the crew. the ship is a replica of the hms bounty, caught and then sank, swelled up to 18 feet. >> three people were washed overboard. they were wearing immersion suits, only one made it to the live raft. two people remaining unaccounted for we know made it off of the vessel but did not make it on to the rafts. >> the mid town manhattan a giant crane is dangling from a high rise that is under construction. the crane blew over in heavy winds. the storm rages on around us. areas below high rise have been cleared. new york officials say all cranes in the city were inspect head of the storm. but they did not anticipate this. >> mark greenblatt has latest from new york city's battery

park. >> curious new yorkers from coney island to battery park wanted a glimpse of sandy's wrath. joggers were undetered. >> this is pretty cool. >> on foot just might be the only way left to get around town. mass transportation has come to a halt. subways stopped running at 7:00 last night. buses soon after. sandy comes ashore in new jersey the concern here? a surging wall of water, 11 feet of it. new york city and long island are right in the bulls's eye. most at risk neighbors, lower manhattan. the stock exchange will close for a second day. >> if you can find a way to leave, leave immediately. >> this afternoon a crane dangled atop a high rise due to high winds. with heavy winds comes the next problem.

power outages. if it happens to you? >> use up things that are likely to spoil. >> this super storm is coming faster, stronger than earlier projections, 50 million people lay in the path. >> we've been talking about how this is no longer a hurricane. >> there are still massive problems. >> that is crew. it's been down graded and still maintains the same sandy. threat goes on for days. the storm moves inland and there could be tree lines and power lines down. and what is going on with other weather systems merge something. >> hurricane was forming warm

waters and a cold air mass coming down from canada. once the system merges, it has snowfall and cold air just merging with the storm changing into something other than just a tropical system. >> right. >> it's a different story here. >> we have calm weather and sunny skies eastward over the bay. blue skies. we had a lot more this morning. let's take a look at live doppler 7. you can see there is fog at the coast. visibility pretty good. sunny, milder conditions. rain likely but may be late enough that you can get in

ur trick or treating early. 's a dee fog advisory and visibility down to les than an age of a mile. very dense fog. reduced visibility. letat's sat 7:00 this evening. you see how fog is going to spread. once greatest concern is up here in th north bay. nseness will be found. overnight lows into low to mid-50s. cooler downto 48 degrees in santa rosa. this cold front will bring us rain wednesday evening. so wednesday afternoon at 1:00

it will be mostly cloudy skies. we'll see the rain coming down with this cold front. at 8:00 or 9:00 or 10:00 at night it will be pretty wet. so the front sweeps through during overnight hours into thursday morning. showers will linger. tomorrow, sunny skies. upper 60s to low 70s around the bay. it's going to be a lovely day. here is the accu-weather forecast. wet weather, halloween night, showers lingering into thursday morning. partial clearing late thursday. then smoot siling throughout the weekend. weather getting warmer and warmer. mid-70s around the bay.

>> dry, maybe cloudy. let's be happy it's daytime parade. >> yes. right. yes. >> extensive coverage. >> yes. >> hastings school of law is honoring christopher stevens with an international symposium. hastings says the ambassador j christopher stevens symposium will focus on legal and public policy to advance peace and understanding. the conference will be held during the next academic year. >> coming up next a trespasser goes into tom cruise's home. >> and why green day is canceling it's upcoming tour. >> taking a look at traffic right now.

it's smooth sailing for drivers trying to make heir way west and into san francisco and beyond. >> let's check on where giants are. take it from the airport to at and t park. it's 15 or owe minutes something like that.

a tras passer arrested at tom cruise's home and hollywood reacting to

hurricane sandy. >> the east coast prepares for hurricane sandy hollywood is voicing support. stars of the big and small screens using twitter to share positive thoughts for those in the path of the super storm. dancing with the stars host tweeted our thoughts are with you. please stay safe. gabrielle signed in saying please be safe. stay out of harm's way. be sure to check on friends and neighbors. a trespasser arrested in tom cruise's yard turns out to be one of his neighbors. a security guard stunned the 41-year-old man last night after he was seen climbing a fence around the actor's home, cruise nor his family were home at the time. authorities say the man may have been confused about which property he was entering. and green day has cancelled the rest of their 2012 tour dates. the news nearly a month after

lead singer billy joe armstrong's public melt down in a las vegas festival. the band will release their next album a month early. for latest entertainment news just go to otrc.com. >> still head we cover the monster storm slamming the east coast right now. hundreds of thousands are with out power. >> righto, there are blizzard conditions in some areas. we'll have the latest on the impact. >> i'll give you an image of the storm on doppler radar and where

we have a verdict this afternoon in the murder of hayward nursing school student michelle le. the jury decided gisele esteban killed her high school class mate. >> jurors believe she planned the murder and convictedest ban -- esteban of murder. >> larry, carolyn, good afternoon, it took the jury about four and a half days to reach the unanimous decision of finding gisele esteban guilty of first degree murder. the family of michelle le were emotional after hearing that murder conviction vix of gisele esteban for the the murder of michelle le. le last sneen a parking garage of a hospital where she was studying to be a nurse. le's family hugged in the hallway, michelle's cousin

choked back tears and talked to me about the conskprix a large part of the painful ordeal being over. >> it felt like yesterday we're going through all of this. and to wrap it up with the right choice is... -- it lifts the burden. >> the prosecution presented evidence that showed esteban spent a month stalking le and making death threats. her body was found four months after she disappeared. as the verdict was read esteban was calm and relaxed and from my vantage point show nod emotion. she'll be back in court in december and she will be sentence. >> we're continuing coverage of sandy. the hurricane now down graded to a tropical cyclone. you're looking at a live

picture in this area now. >> there is nobody on the streets. except for emergency vehicles. this storm knocked out power to more than a million people and grounded 13,000 flights. >> ocean city, sandy's strong winds send waves crashing ashore. downtown there has been evacuated. >> more from atlantic city, new jersey. you can see debris falling from the sky. strong winds have ripped some buildings apart. light polls on the brink of crashing. >> in west virginia sandy is headed that way. >> you can see reaches of the storm is just amazing. this is a radar image of the storm. the center of circulation on the new jersey coastline now. we're going to give you a look at conditions in atlantic city.

there are gusts up to 50 miles per hour. and with this forecast animation start agent 7:00 this evening, we'll see the storm moving quickly inland. northeast ward and by the end of the week into southeastern canada still has a storm. it will be a storm for the next several days that can produce flooding rains and of course, can affect air travel. >> thank you. >> an oakland based international risk management firm is that sandy could set loss reports. >> the losses could be in the five to $10 billion range with uninsured losses soaring to as

much as $20 billion. >> saying ground zero for potential damage is new york city. this makes it usually susceptible to extremely high seas and flooding. >> president obama says he's confident that agencies have done all they can to prepare for hurricane sandy. he says the slow-moving storm will affect millions of people. he's urging americans to obey warnings. he says the key is making sure the public follows instructions. >> hurricane sandy sent both presidential campaigns scrambling. the president skipped an event this morning to monitor the storms from the white house. both campaigns cancelled two dozen events. mitt romney stumped in the mid west and thinking about making

a contribution to the red cross? or another relief agency? >> the events are cancelled and with the president off the trail vice president biden did campaign today with former president bill clinton. there are eight days to go until the election. the latest tracking poll shows this race in a dead heat. >> trading on wall street is suspended at least until tomorrow. this affects all u.s. trading markets. the u.s. labor department says he will release the monthly jobs report just four days before the election. >> sandhya causing problems with the power grid. it's estimated millions of homes and businesses are with out power right now. that includes 95,000 in new jersey.

washington, d.c. power company telling customers it will not respond until it's safe to do so. >> they're going to have to wait until wind stops blowing above 35 miles per hour. they've got to wait until heavy rainfall has ceased. before they can begin to assess damage and then, begin our restoration efforts. >> thousands of crews from aconsiders the country are on their way to the storm zone now. johns hopkins is estimating 10 million customers will lose electric yeefr the next few days. >> abc news reporter tj winnik is in new jersey as the storm makes land fall. >> good evening, i can tell you three hours ago wind began to howell. -- howl.

right now cape may is experiencing a high tide. hurricane sandy is expectsed to make land fall near lantic city, new jersey. >> this is a serious storm. woilt have fatal conseex qenss if people haven't acted quickly. >> a nearly 12 foot storm surge is possible in nork city. a crane partially collapsed in manhattan. residents bracing for more flooding. >> they're talking about surges we've not seen before. so there is nothing at all to be taken lightly. >> as hurricane sandy collides with an early winter storm, snow is falling in west virginia and north carolina. >> it's one of those things. >> that is downing down. >> the coast guard staged a

rescue for 14 crew members on board a ship. they're searching for two passengers. sandhya shut down the federal government, new york stock exchange and mass transit from boston to washington, d.c.. amtrak has been sus sended and 10,000 flights have been cancelled. authorities are telling residents stay indoors if that is possible. this is not a time to be a sheoff. this is not a time to be stupid. it's time to safe yourself and your family. >> the never shy new jersey governor of course. fema pledged $3.5 million for clean up if necessary rye we'll have continuing coverage of sandy throughout the

evening. abc news will have live coverage on world news just ahaetd 5:30. there will be a special one our edition of night line at 11:35. >> other major story weaver following here now is arrival of the world champion san francisco giants. we're tracking them with their bus caravan. they made the exit from the airport. now they're pulling into at and t park. >> just an incredible group of folks there. you can here this is around the ballpark. >> a remarkable series that nobody expected to go this way.

experts said texas, it was a couple years ago. it's hard for me to keep track. nobody expected giants were going to beat detroit, then to sweep them, wonderful storis.. >> for tear free, really. >> unless you're in detroit. >> it's a change. it's domination in that series. >> no doubt bit. many will show shots of when he's a little kid. we'll take a break now. more on giants

>> you're getting a sense of what it's like to be nlt middle of this. it's just a crush.

you saw carolyn tyler there. she was talking to ba -- pablo, racing by with a trophy was sergio romo, the closer finishing off a series last night. he struck out the triple crown winner miguel cabrerra. this is a view from sky 7 hd. it's a cluster of reporters surrounding the panda. i assume romo was down in the middle of the pack as well. >> just remarkable. what a team, you can just hear the team going nuts right now, too. >> everybody hoping for autographs or pictures. this is something giants did for their fans. they had a celebration afterwards and it allowed fans to enjoy it. because remember when they won the first two games of the world series at home? we didn't think about possibility that that might be the last game played this season. everybody just thinking well we'll come back ask see how it

goes. they took care of business so quickly. fans can't get -- didn't get to celebrate with their eyes -- guys.. >> this party will continue through wednesday, we'll cover live parades throughout the streets. >> i don't recognize him all dressed up like that. >> it helps to have numbers. and he was suspended for 100 games. it was a substance abuse issue later found to be cough syrup. there is bruce bacci you want to talk about managing brilians, bocci with his second world series title. his stock is elevated to mere iconic status. so respected in the game of baseball. if you look at what giant went through with losing brian

wilson early in the year... >> that is hard. >> turning him into an ace reliever, having see him embrace that role. you have the melky cabrerra situation, you want to talk about a lot to manage through. >> certainly he was getting a lot of grief early on. it was like... wait a minute. he knew what is going on. >> sounds like it's pop radio. you have to discuss your voice when you call in? let's hear, let's listen in. >> you're still running on the ground you know? these signs are so special. and you try to catch up and right now, boys are still a little numb at what happened. we're celebrating and had a great time. i think they got some needed rest on the plane.

we'll rest up and enjoy wednesday's parade. >> everybody talks about how your boys as you call them, love the game. they love to play. they're very playful. but down to business, of course. >> they're a fun bunch. they have a good time. we let them go. we let them be themselves. it's not too bad. but these guys really were so unselfish. they cared about each other and played as 25 guys. it's amazing what can happen when you get a group like that. >> what did you say last night? >> i didn't have a chance to say anything. i brought a trophy in and say this is yours, they were relentless. not going home. and that is one trophy they can look into. >> what do you think is the difference between last time around and this time? some fans say it's sweet this time. >> they're all special and unique.

the first one, the way we have them in cincinnati and st. louis makes this just more special. it's amazing. and i, you know, i think they just sit back to realize what they did accomplish. >> guys we've got to clear ou out... >> okay. bruce bocci there. >> oh, goodness, he had reason to stay up and celebrate for sure. >> a little -- did you hear the wrath? running on fumes now. >> we'll have more coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. right now let's check on the forecast. >> with spencer christian. >> we're going to take a look at national conditions tomorrow. we're going to have stormy weather in the northeast. the remnants of what was hurricane sandy will be covering almost entire northeastern corner of the nation. it will be into parts of the great lakes and ohio valley.

over the remainder of the country tomorrow, sunny skies and mild conditions. with the exception of the pacific northwest. here in california tomorrow state wide we'll take a look at dry, mild to warm conditions, high temperatures into 70s in chico and yosemite, 82. 95 in palm springs. 77 in los angeles. the rain up in pacific northwest could produce clouds and maybe a sprinkle or two. remainder of the state will be nice, mild and dry tomorrow including the bay area. we'll see foggy conditions overnight and early morning hours. but for daytime, we're looking at sunny skies, mild conditions tomorrow, high temperatures from low 60s at the coast to mid to upper 70s in the warmest inland loks. now -- loks. now we're looking to halloween. it's going to be cloudy during the day. there is a chance of rain at night. as bruce bocci would say it's not a very special storm but it's our only storm. >> thank you for that.

>> very good.

two actors who have gone on to huge acclaim were honored today. >> yes. they're benjiman bratt and aneeka noni-rose, receiving acg conserve terry awards. he's a san francisco native going on to "law and order" and a lot of movie roles she won a tony in new york and starring roles in films "dream girls" and "princess and the frog". he was more excited about the giants world series win. >> i grew up when you covered sports feed here in the city. you know? i have been a fan of the giants for more than 40 years. >> in san francisco, going to

act that he showed how difficult sit to become an actor. >> i was working at my cousin's photo engraving shop in the mornings from 6:45 to 9:45 and hustling to class by 10:00. on weekends i'd put in two 10 hour shifts driving for super shuttle. >> anikanoni-rose wanted to be a veterinarian but performing in a musical chaempked her life. >> i never felt anything as exhilarating as when i was on that stage. >> time, hard work. professionalism. a smile. all of those things. i believe make a big difference. >> aking is tough. >> you'll have a skill set. no doors but will necessarily be opening for you. you have to create your opportunities. >> with private practice ending its run he's looking around. >> you're retiring soon.

will your position be open? >> i believe so. >> i'm going to have to earn that title of ledge dwrond replace the legend. at kgo. right, ladies? >> oh, you got that right. >> carol? the giants victory making headlines tonight not just in the bay

>> giants fever has gone international. take a look at papers from mexico city today. >> giants world series victory made front page headlines. sergio romo celebrating his fame-ending pitch in the publication. >> the team celebrating on the field shown in the paper as well there. so many players are from south america, it's huge news globally. >> actually. yeah. in romo's case he was born in

the town of brawlly, which is far southern california on the mexican border, then, the family moved to salinas. you're talking about humble beginnings you can appreciate all of the hard work it's taken for not only himself but the team to get where they are today. >> we know the panda got a call from the president of venezuela. i think he tweeted him, perhaps. you know, everybody is going on to congratulations for the team. >> there are more celebrations still to come with the parade on wednesday. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> our larm clock app down load it for free. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. the perfect storm conditionsin,d a full moon converge as hurricane sandy hit the east coast. >> i'm sandhya pat yes. sandy

down graded to a post tropical cyclone. i'll have the latest on the impact. >> san francisco giants back tonight carrying with them world series championship trophy. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah is right. huge cheers from the giants worl series champions for the second time in three seasons. the team arrived at the ballpark about 15 minutes ago to a big crowd of fans. we're going to have more in just a few minutes.. >> we're going begin a monster storm barreling into the east coast right now with wind speeds up to 85 miles per hour. it's been down graded but certainly very, very pouf. -- powerful, good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> remnants of hurricane sandy

still coming ashore in new jersey. storm has been now down graded to a post tropical storm. it's powerful and very dangerous. the storm knocked out power in the region, more have been evacuated. for some areas evacuations no longer is an option. we're going to no longer be able to rescue people, it's become a problematic in atlantic city. >> ball waul street will be closed again on tuesday. >> we have live team coverage david louie is at sfo. some 150 flights have been cancelled there. and let's startith sandhya patel with a look at where the storm w. >> let's take a look at doppleradar you'll see there is a large ea of the mid atlantic covered by rain now. powerful winds and you can see the